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Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - 81alum - 09-05-2014

There have been some genuinely eloquent posts in this thread.

I'm with ferrari on this.  My Stanford consciousness was shaped in an up-and-down era.  For the last  several years I have discovered that I am incapable of getting rid of my doubts no matter what our team does to convince me.  I feel almost as if I was psychologically maimed in my youth and the repressed memories keep distorting my perceptions of reality.  To defend myself from those ghosts, I forbid myself from becoming too optimistic and consistently underestimate how well we will play. 

Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - pefloresjr - 09-05-2014

Nerd Nation - 34
Abomination - 24

Fear The Tree!

Cheers,
Pete F.

Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - BostonCard - 09-05-2014

Nobody has predicted a USC win, huh?

BC

Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - stupac2 - 09-05-2014

(09-05-2014, 10:56 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:Nobody has predicted a Unabashedly Scamming Charlatans win, huh?

BC

I've been dipping into both my kegs and am feeling saucy, so I can be the sacrificial lamb if need be!

(Note: I actually expect that we'll win.)

Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - Gauss - 09-06-2014

(09-05-2014, 10:56 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:Nobody has predicted a Unabashedly Scamming Charlatans win, huh?

BC

I've been going back and forth between a loss and a win. I watched the first quarter of Fresno-SC, and I was donwright terrified. Then I watched the second quarter, and they looked tough, but beatable.

So I'm going to go with 28-24 Stanford and hope for the best.

Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - Stymie - 09-06-2014

How can you run a HUNH offense when you have a 370-lb, pulling guard?  Somewhere in the 2nd 1/4 somebody is going to say to Damien:

"So who's the Daddy, Mama?"

Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - Durty Nelly - 09-06-2014

Yes, it is that Durty Nelly's in Buratty, Ireland.  I met my wife there, and it is still our local.  Great music,  singsongs and Guinness. 

Here is a link to the Guinness ad now running in Ireland.  I do not know if it is showing in the US.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-3sVWOxuXc

Sapeurs - New GUINNESS Advert (2014)

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Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - Bruce Wang - 09-06-2014

I hear Guinness tastes significantly better in Ireland than Stateside.  Is this true?

Back to the topic at hand, you have to taste the bitter before you taste the sweet.  This is why we are having so much fun.  The Condoms, on the other hand, have gorged on candy and lollipops all these years and now they eat bitter melon.  Hopefully we give them another serving of that nasty stuff today.

Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - BigEasyCard - 09-06-2014

Cardinal 31 Trojans 21.

Defense and/or special teams provide a touchdown.

Terrence Alexander provides a thrill for all of us and especially for his parents who are making their second consecutive weekly trip from the Big Easy to Palo Alto.  Met them at our recent Stanford Sendoff and heard "the rest of the story" about his recruitment.  The "40-year decision" is a real phenomenon in favor of Stanford.

Geaux Cardinal!


Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - Durty Nelly - 09-06-2014

Yes, the Guinness in Ireland is much lighter and fluffier, it does not travel well.  The heaviness of a US Guinness is why there are so many "Black and Tans" sold there.  It would be a sacrilege to do that to an Irish Guinness.

The defensive front 7 getting pressure/stopping the run, an unpredictable offense, and winning the turnover battle will be needed to win today.

Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - Gauss - 09-07-2014

Well, that was disappointing :(
I still think we can draw numerous positive conclusions from the heart breaking loss to SC, but that'll be on a different post.

Onto the results of our little game for this week.

We all got the 5 point penalty for predicting the wrong winner, so things even out. oman with his/her 17-14 (going the wrong way), wins the day. In the overall standings we now have Renaissance Man leading, followed by Simas and CompSci87.

PS: And I'll have to ask again, could the admins increase the maximum character count of each post, pretty-please? With so many participants I now need to split the results into so many posts (that is, if we want readable tables).

Rank Poster
Points
Score
Total error
1. oman
54
17-14
8
2. CTcard
53
20-10
13
3. MSmith23
52
21-17
15
4. Boston Card
51
23-10
16
5. socalstanfan1
50
23-17
17
6. Big Brother
49
28-14
19
7. CrazedZooChimp
48
30-13
20
8. 82lsju
45
24-20
21
8. 2 for 2028
45
24-20
21
8. JPRI
45
24-20
21
--- --------------
----
-----
------
11. Renaissance Man
43
27-17
21
11. CompSci87
43
27-17
21
13. Simas
42
30-15
22
14. fullmetal
41
30-16
23
15. Papa John
40
24-23
24
16. CornFed
39
31-16
24
17. IdCard83
37
31-17
25
17. Robber Baron 83
37
31-17
25
19. FarmBoy
36
35-13
25
20. hurlburt88
35
27-24
28
--- --------------
----
-----
------
21. Farm93
33
31-20
28
21. Extra Point
33
31-20
28
23. Hank 91
32
34-17
28
24. Gauss
30
28-24
29
24. Brannerite
30
28-24
29
26. JeffInCorvallis
29
29-23
29
27. BigEasyCard
25
31-21
29
27. OutsiderFan
25
31-21
29
27. Griffin78
25
31-21
29
27. washingtonismoney
25
31-21
29


Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - Gauss - 09-07-2014

Rank Poster
Points
Score
Total error
31. Trevmiesterj
24
35-17
29
32. shinsengumi
23
30-23
30
33. leftcoast
22
31-22
30
34. Publius
21
30-24
31
35. Mick
19
28-27
32
35. Sea Loon
19
28-27
32
37. indiancardinal
16
31-24
32
37. el mono
16
31-24
32
37. SUBuddha
16
31-24
32
40. pcgoode
15
35-20
32
--- --------------
----
-----
------
41. gocard14
14
38-17
32
42. Stymie
13
41-14
32
43. GoodGrief
12
42-14
33
44. ColoradoTree
11
30-28
35
45. PrinceLightfoot
9
31-27
35
45. Treebound
9
31-27
35
47. pefloresjr
7
34-24
35
47. thunder_chik
7
34-24
35
49. Durty Nelly
6
41-17
35
50. garvin
5
31-28
36
--- --------------
----
-----
------
51. burger
4
31-30
38
52. martyup
3
41-6
38
53. StanFan88
2
35-27
39
54. needle
1
35-28
40
55. 81alum
0
34-31
42
56. djones
-1
45-20
42
57. Kathy
-2
38-28
43
58. CochinoJanks
-3
41-31
49
59. ahuang06
-4
45-31
53


Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - Gauss - 09-07-2014

Rank Poster
Points
Av. bias
Av. off. bias
Predictions
1. Renaissance Man
94
+4.0
+6.0
2
2. Simas
85
+14.0
+15.0
2
3. CompSci87
84
+12.0
+14.0
2
4. 82lsju
82
-3.0
+5.5
2
4. CornFed
82
+4.0
+7.0
2
6. Big Brother
80
+7.0
+12.0
2
7. 2 for 2028
77
-3.5
+5.0
2
8. Farm93
76
+2.0
+10.5
2
9. Hank 91
72
+10.0
+15.0
2
10. indiancardinal
69
+3.5
+10.5
2
--- ---------------
----
---------
---------
---------
11. IdCard83
69
+1.5
+7.0
2
12. CrazedZooChimp
66
+1.5
+6.5
2
13. Robber Baron 83
64
+3.5
+12.0
2
14. fullmetal
59
0.0
+4.5
2
15. Boston Card
57
-4.0
-0.5
2
16. BigEasyCard
57
-0.5
+8.5
2
17. socalstanfan1
56
-7.5
-0.5
2
18. martyup
55
+21.0
+17.5
2
19. shinsengumi
55
-2.0
+8.0
2
20. oman
54
+6.0
+7.0
1
--- ---------------
----
---------
---------
---------
21. CTcard
53
+13.0
+10.0
1
22. el mono
53
-1.5
+9.0
2
23. MSmith23
52
+7.0
+11.0
1
24. PrinceLightfoot
52
+8.5
+15.5
2
25. GoodGrief
51
+9.5
+13.5
2
25. Extra Point
51
-1.5
+7.0
2
27. needle
51
+2.0
+12.5
2
28. OutsiderFan
50
+12.0
+17.5
2
29. Publius
49
+6.5
+15.0
2
30. pefloresjr
48
+1.0
+11.5
2
=== ===============
====
=========
=========
=========
Board averages
+2.0
+9.8
1.7


Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - Gauss - 09-07-2014

Rank Poster
Points
Av. bias
Av. off. bias
Predictions
31. JPRI
45
+7.0
+14.0
1
32. Gauss
45
-6.0
+4.0
2
33. Brannerite
44
-6.5
+5.5
2
34. Corn Fed
43
-10.0
-7.0
1
34. hulburt88
43
-10.0
-7.0
1
36. Griffin78
43
-2.0
+8.5
2
37. Papa John
42
+4.5
+16.0
2
38. washingtonismoney
41
-2.5
+9.5
2
39. CochinoJanks
40
+1.5
+14.0
2
40. FarmBoy
36
+25.0
+25.0
1
--- ---------------
----
---------
---------
---------
41. Treebound
35
-4.5
+9.0
2
42. hurlburt88
35
+6.0
+17.0
1
43. Trevmiesterj
34
-0.5
+6.5
2
44. leftcoast
33
-4.5
+6.5
2
45. gocard14
32
+3.5
+10.5
2
46. SUBudda
30
-11.0
+2.0
1
47. Mick
30
+12.5
+19.5
2
48. StanFan88
30
+7.5
+17.5
2
49. JeffInCorvallis
29
+9.0
+19.0
1
50. ahuang06
28
+1.5
+14.0
2
--- ---------------
----
---------
---------
---------
51. pcgoode
20
+2.5
+16.0
2
52. Sea Loon
20
-13.5
+1.5
2
53. CTCard
18
-17.0
-7.0
1
53. ferrari
18
-17.0
-14.0
1
55. Stymie
16
+1.5
+8.5
2
56. SUBuddha
16
+10.0
+21.0
1
57. Kathy
14
-2.5
+8.5
2
58. garvin
11
-9.0
+3.5
2
59. 81alum
11
-7.5
+6.5
2
60. ColoradoTree
11
+5.0
+20.0
1
=== ===============
====
=========
=========
=========
Board averages
+2.0
+9.8
1.7


Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - Gauss - 09-07-2014

Rank Poster
Points
Av. bias
Av. off. bias
Predictions
61. burger
10
-10.0
+5.0
2
62. thunder_chik
7
+13.0
+24.0
1
63. Durty Nelly
6
+27.0
+31.0
1
64. Farmboy
3
-27.0
-17.0
1
65. djones
-1
+28.0
+35.0
1
=== ===============
====
=========
=========
=========
Board averages
+2.0
+9.8
1.7


Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - martyup - 09-07-2014

I'm happy to be near the bottom of this week's contest.  :'(

Re: (13) Stanford Vs (14) U.SC: Predict the score - Leftcoast - 09-09-2014

I agree completely on the differences between Guinness in Ireland and the same brew poured in the states.  I love Guinness (or for that matter, Murphy's down Cork way) in Ireland but never drink it stateside.  It's a cliche to say so but it's nonetheless true.  Weird that in all these years they haven't figured out how to make it lighter and less bitter in the US.  (I hear Budweiser has the Guiness franchise in the US.)

If you call Durty Nelly's your local than you must live in West Ireland.  Count me as insanely jealous, particularly right now.  In the middle of the California drought the green hills and soft weekends of the Irish West Coast are compelling alternatives. 

In the 90's and early 2000's I spent a lot of time in Ireland, sometimes for 6 weeks a visit.  I would spend my weekends and free time driving around the South and West, most of it covered by expense account (if I checked out of my Dublin hotel and stuck to a reasonable per diem, etc).  Good times.  Since I drove (something some Americans won't attempt) I was invited to friend's countryside homes in places like Moate, Cobh, Swords, Donegal countryside and Navan.  I also got to return the favor when they visited California.  I went through the North several times in the era of roadblocks, marching weekends and roving checkpoints.  Glad that's safely in the past .... hopefully forever.

Visitors Tip #1:  Get out of Dublin and don't be afraid to rent a car if you are reasonably adventurous.  The further you get from Dublin the slower things become - in a good way.  Less traffic, less overall busyness and more chances for unhurried interaction.  The difficulty of driving on the left is overstated - just be careful and take it slow until your instincts adjust.

Visitors Tip #2:  Don't stay in the swanky hotels once outside of Dublin - Irish Bed and Breakfasts give you a better chance of interacting with non-tourists and are also cheaper - as long as you leave the American picture of a Victorian B&B behind in San Francisco.

Visitors Tip #3:  Avoid the tourist buses.  You don't want to know the jokes made after a bus full of American AARP cardholders unloads in a small Irish village.  For this reason (and perhaps a money incentive) the buses stick to retail tourists shops/attractions over small towns anyway.

/Lefty

(09-06-2014, 05:21 AM)Durty Nelly link Wrote:Yes, the Guinness in Ireland is much lighter and fluffier, it does not travel well.  The heaviness of a US Guinness is why there are so many "Black and Tans" sold there.  It would be a sacrilege to do that to an Irish Guinness.

The defensive front 7 getting pressure/stopping the run, an unpredictable offense, and winning the turnover battle will be needed to win today.